galaxy S3 connection to rca video lead

[artieguber]

What do i need and how do i connect my S3 to and RCA lead?

A google search is full of how to get videos taken on the phone and watch them on a tv for example.  However i wish the reverse. I have a receiver unit with an RCA out (yellow video out) and i wish to play on that and view the video on my smartphone.   The output unit happens to be a wireless receiver that picks up a 2.4ghz wireless signal from a small camera. Usually i connect an RCA lead from the receiver to a tv/monitor to view the images, but i am investigating how to get the images on my phone instead.

any ideas please?

[hrym]

I suspect the place to ask this may be on a different forum, to be honest.  I'm not sure the expertise is here.

That said, the phone will have a microphone input in the headphone jack, though I doubt that would include video.  Some tablets have a usb host that will allow an sd card reader or full-size usb adaptor to be plugged into the micro usb port.  This can be used to connect a still camera and to upload pictures (I've done it with a Samsung Tab 2, albeit that has a proprietary connector).  I don't know whether that would accomodate a live feed or whether the phone has the necessary host capabilities.  If it's going to work at all, I suspect that would be the route to investigate.

I assume you want to view a live feed and not recordings that can be transferred to the phone by other means?

[artieguber]

thanks

basically i have a wireless camera that goes to a wireless receiver (2.4ghz).  This then is connected via rca cable to a clunky lcd monitor.  My idea is to somehow view the received camera video on my smartphone instead of the hefty monitor.

i did try to put an rca leads from the receiver into the headphone socket (a 4 pole plug) but didnt then know how to get image diplayed on the screen , or even if the phone can do it.

[hrym]

If the phone's going to accept any kind of video input, I'd expect it to be via the usb port and you'll need an adaptor for that - not just a lead with the correct size plugs on in.  I also suspect you'll need a converter to connect to the camera.   It's probably more trouble than it's worth.

The only other thing I can think of would be to feed the camera into a wifi hub and try to pick that up.  It's a question (obviously) of getting the camera output into a form/format the phone can read.

Or you could look for a more compact monitor, possibly.   Would a portable tv do the job?  Some of the old analogue ones would accept a camera input, though they were pretty chunky.